SA_NE_NOP Business Science – for Master study programme

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Florin Aliu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Vojtěch Stehel, MBA, PhD.
School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Business Economics Group – Deputy Director of Department for Research, Development and Creative Activity – School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to teach students to characterize businesses of specific economics in terms of their activity, level of processing, production quantity, size, and to be able to specify such types of business by their structure, specificities, and share in GDP. Special attention is paid to the specificities of businesses operating in selected areas and current issues of the business sector.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course, students are able to:
- define basic characteristics of individual businesses within specific economies,
- describe problems of individual types of specific economies,
- explain possible effects in relation to the share of total GDP of specific economies types,
- describe and quantify the main objectives of specific economies (peculiarities of agricultural production),
- decompose the impacts of measures taken in individual areas of specific economies,
- understand the corrective measures taken in the areas of specific economies.
Syllabus

  • Lectures
  • 1. Specific economics
  • 2. Industrial production – mining and quarrying, manufacturing, generation and distribution of electricity, gas, and water
  • 3. Agriculture – specifics of agricultural production
  • 4. Forest products companies – forest regeneration and protection, logging, important activities
  • 5. Civil engineering – specifics in comparison with industrial production
  • 6. Infrastructure companies – transport, housing, schools, research organizations, energy system, water management
  • 7. Banking companies – risk, banking supervision, deposit insurance, capital adequacy, compulsory reserves
  • 8. Banking companies – banking law, basic functions and peculiarities of bank accounting, banking products
  • 9. Trade companies and tourism businesses
  • 10. Economics and business in health care
  • 11. Economics of non-profit organizations – basic forms of non-governmental non-profit organizations
  • 12. Economics of non-profit organizations – financing of non-governmental organizations in the CR
  • 13. Current issues of business sector
Literature
    required literature
  • MYERS, D., 2016. Construction Economics: A New Approach. 4th edit. Routledge. ISBN 1138183725.
  • PENSON, J. B. et al., 2017. Introduction to Agricultural Economics. 7th edit. Pearson. ISBN 013460282X.
  • ISWANTO, H. A., 2018. Hospital Economics: A Primer on Resource Allocation to Improve Productivity & Sustainability. Productivity Press. ISBN 0815388772.
  • WEIKART, L. A., 2012. Budgeting and Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Using Money to Drive Mission Success. 2nd edit. CQ Press. ISBN 1608716937.
  • GOODMAN, A. S. a M. Hastak, 2015. Infrastructure Planning, Engineering and Economics. 2nd edit. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 0071850139
  • MISHKIN, F. S., 2015. The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets. 11th edit. Pearson. ISBN 978-0-13-473382-1.
  • STABLER, M. J., 2010. The Economics of Tourism. Routledge. ISBN 0415459397.
  • FARR, J. V. a I. J. FABER, 2018. Engineering Economics of Life Cycle Cost Analysis. CRC Press. ISBN 1138606782.
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test16 
Preparation for Lectures20 
Preparation for the Final Test16 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Total:780
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – mid-term 30 %
Test – final 70 %
Exam conditions
Continuous evaluation

Continuous test - 30 points

Final evaluation

Final test - 70 points

In order to successfully complete the subject, it is necessary to achieve a total of at least 70% in the continous and final evaluation under the conditions set out below. 30 points, i.e. 30%, can be obtained in the continuous evaluation. A total of 70 points, i.e. 70%, can be obtained in the final evaluation. Overall classification of the subject, i.e. points for final evaluation (70 - 0) + points from ~continous evaluation (30 - 0): A 100 – 90, B 89.99 – 84, C 83.99 – 77, D 76.99 – 73, E 72.99 – 70, FX 69.99 – 30, F 29.99 – 0. A full-time student is obliged to meet the mandatory 70% attendance at contact classes, i.e. everything except lectures. If participation is not met, the student will automatically be classified as “-.

Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
Participation in classes in all forms is dealt with by a separate VŠTE internal standard (Student Attendance Records at VŠTE). For full-time students, 70% attendance (seminar and lecture) is mandatory for contact classes. Students with an approved individual study plan are obliged to contact the teacher immediately after its approval and to contact the examiner before the final exam. If the student does not do so, his individual study plan will not be taken into account.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2022, winter 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (winter 2024, recent)
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